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I have been in touch with The Potter's Field over in lovely Michigan, and we're all looking forward to our show with them in Madison next weekend. And looking forward to seeing you, if you can make it.

Just a quick reminder that I'll be playing a show at the Wild Hog in the Woods Coffeehouse series this Friday night, February 8th, in Madison, Wisconsin. Some family and friends will appear as guest players, including (at least) Wilder Deitz and Dave "Hammer Dulcimer Hero" Foss.

A few people asked me very kindly to remind them of this show, so here you are:

Disrupting the cold-air quiet a little on Friday night, February 8th, with a solo show at the Wild Hog in the Woods Coffeehouse series in Madison, Wisconsin. Story songs, some from a new album working on for 2014 release at Uvulittle Records.

I wrote a new little tune as sheet music, posted it a couple of weeks ago on my blog. A neighbor--and fellow Kentuckian--expressed interest in playing a version of it with me, so we recorded it tonight in my living room on a couple of banjos. Son Wilder Deitz on the upright bass.

Always suspicious of scenes and hipsters, I was nonetheless intrigued by Beck's new "album"--called SONG READER--because it's really not an album at all. It's a collection of new songs he has released as sheet music only.

I did my own little hillbilly version of this, this morning on my blog, The How-To Humanist. Feel free to read about how Beck unwittingly inspired me to go all 1904 on you:

Ritt Deitz Family plays the Village Booksmith this Friday night, October 5, on the Courthouse Square in Baraboo, Wisconsin. One of our favorite listening rooms, with a baby grand piano, candles on the table, and Nelly the Golden Retriever relaxing on an armchair. Books everywhere, lights low, acoustic music is just what the doctor ordered.

Until we meet again in some live music venue, I hope you enjoy this blog about making music with your friends. Live music is best, but there are reasons words like "album" and "record" have everything to do with making history. Small-scale history, the best kind.

Hope you are well. Currently in musical hiding, working on some new songs and also playing a bunch of banjo with collaborators. Look for it to come out live before long, as the arsenal gets stringier all the time. Simplicity remains the order of the day, though, and I hope we can make some new beautiful music--which you'll enjoy, I also hope.

No shows for the summer, at the moment, except for a little sacred music at Plymouth UCC church in Madison on July... [more]

Just a quick email to let you know I'll be playing a show at the Village Booksmith this Friday night, on the Courthouse Square in Baraboo, Wisconsin. I'll be joined by hammer dulcimer player Dave Foss and my daughter Ella for several songs. Wilder Deitz opens. 7pm.

I have also started a blog, about how people make art and practice what schools call "the humanities"... but in the real world, outside of school. It's a brand-new blog, called "The How-To Humanist... [more]

Come out this Friday night, to one of Madison's best folk listening rooms, for some sweet acoustic roots music that rolls like any of the many rivers of the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds. We'll play some from my last record, POP, and a bunch from the previous Bentback and Uvulittle releases many of you have enjoyed, plus a few covers. Nicole Udriot is a singer-songwriter with roots in both Switzerland and the mountains of North Carolina, and she and her... [more]

Hope you are enjoying the early fall. If you live near the Sauk County seat and like acoustic music preceded by a nascent neo-bebop pianist, I also hope you are looking for a nice free live show in the next few weeks.

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